Islands (Scotland) Act 2018

19Number of councillors in wards with inhabited islandsS

This section has no associated Explanatory Notes

In section 1 of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (electoral wards), after subsection (2), insert—

(2A)But, in relation to an electoral ward consisting wholly or partly of one or more inhabited islands (within the meaning of section 1(2) of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018), an order made under section 17 of the 1973 Act may determine that the number of councillors to be returned is either one or two..

Commencement Information

I1S. 19 in force at 4.10.2018 by S.S.I. 2018/282, reg. 2